The documentary-film St. Athanasius Against the World was produced by EWTN (America). We have permission to republish it here at EWTN Theotokos and we have added Turkish subtitles for Turkish viewers because, of course, the House of the Virgin Mary is located in present-day Turkey. Non-Turks can, of course, simply watch it and ignore the subtitles; the documentary itself is in English.
Türkçe: St. Athanasius Dünyaya Karşı adlı belgesel film EWTN (Amerika) tarafından üretilmiştir. Bu filmi burada, EWTN Theotokos platformunda yeniden yayınlama iznine sahibiz ve Türk izleyiciler için Türkçe altyazılar ekledik. Çünkü elbette, Meryem Ana Evi günümüzde Türkiye sınırları içerisinde yer almaktadır. Türk olmayan izleyiciler ise belgeselin dili İngilizce olduğu için altyazıları görmezden gelerek rahatlıkla izleyebilirler.
English description of the documentary taken from EWTN:
St. Athanasius of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria, theologian, and a firm adherent of Christian orthodoxy in the fourth century, Athanasius was a native of Alexandria, Egypt. Given the finest training in the Faith, he became a deacon and then secretary to Alexander, bishop of Alexandria. In the face of the heresy of Arianism that denied the divinity of Christ, he went with Alexander to the Council of Nicaea in 325 and helped in the condemnation of Arianism. Three years later, Athanasius succeeded Alexander as bishop.
Over the next decades he emerged as the champion against a resurgent Arianism. This made him an enemy the Arian party in the Eastern Empire, especially the emperors who embraced its tenets. Athanasius was exiled five times over twenty years. He faced exile and humiliation, lonely years in the frozen north of Germany and in the burning heat of the Egyptian desert. He hid among the tombs of his family. Only in his last years did he finally know peace, and he spent them bringing peace to the city and the Christian community.
His efforts at defeating Arianism helped lay the groundwork for the triumph of orthodox Christianity at the Council of Constantinople in 381, years after Athanasius’ death. Athanasius authored numerous works, including defenses of orthodox doctrine and treatises, particularly De Incarnatione. His feast day in the West is May 2.
